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Build-time conversion

• Using tools (such as maven-bundle-plugin) to convert plain jars into OSGi bundles
• Use already-converted 3rd party bundles from Spring DM, FElix Felix Common or Eclipse Orbit

Maven Bundle Plugin:

http://felix.apache.org/site/maven-bundle-plugin-bnd.html\\^{Image Added}

Felix Commons:

http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-commons.html\\^{Image Added}

Ecipse Orbit:

http://www.eclipse.org/orbit/\\^{Image Added}

Spring DM Repo:

http://static.springframework.org/osgi/docs/1.1.1/reference/html/appendix-osgi-repo.html^{Image Added}

Runtime converstion

• Before the jar is installed (BundleContext.installBundle())
• Add a hook to the OSGi runtime to wrap the jar (such as

Equinox Hooks:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Adaptor_Hooks\\^{Image Added}

http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/sub/attachments/Equinox_Framework_How_to_get_Hooked.pdf^{Image Added}

Hybrid conversion

• Build-time will generate the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF as a side file
• Runtime will wrap the 3rd party jar with the side file